Cambodia
Brief Description of Landmine Problem
- The number of mine and UXO casualties was 352 in 2007
- The greatest concentration of mines is along the K5 mine belt created by the Vietnamese-backed government in the 1980s and stretching 700km along the western and northern border with Thailand.
- Humanitarian demining in Cambodia is conducted by three NGOs: CMAC, HALO, and MAG.
Geography and Climate
- Cambodia is part of the monsoon Asia and tropical climatic zones, with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The dry season is between November and April. Rain falls mainly in May-June and around September-October. The heaviest precipitation is recorded along the coast, where it averages between 2,000 and 3,800 mm/year. In the central plain, annual precipitation is between 1,000 and 1,400 mm/year.
- The Cardamom Mountains in the southwest, oriented generally in a northwest-southeast direction, rise to more than 1,500 meters.
- The mountain regions have dense evergreen mountain forests
- Swamp forest and inundated shrubland around the large central lake and rivers
- Border with Thailand consist of evergreen forest (rain forests) and deciduous forest
- central and southern portion of country is rice fields and spotted deciduous forest
- Northern part of the country consist of evergreen forest (rain forests) and deciduous forests
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Combined terrain map and data from north west mine incidents
